Just after sunset, as darkness grips the imagination, is the time when you feel the unexpected creep into the every day. As familiar journeys take a different turn, ordinary objects assume extraordinary powers. A blind intruder visits a dying man -- and saves his life, with a kiss. A woman receives a phone call from her husband. Her late husband. In the emotional aftermath of h...(展开全部)

Just after sunset, as darkness grips the imagination, is the time when you feel the unexpected creep into the every day. As familiar journeys take a different turn, ordinary objects assume extraordinary powers. A blind intruder visits a dying man -- and saves his life, with a kiss. A woman receives a phone call from her husband. Her late husband. In the emotional aftermath of h...(展开全部)

Detective Dave Robicheaux re-turns to center stage in an incendiary new novel by James Lee Burke. A gripping tale of racial violence, class warfare, and the sometimes cruel legacy of Southern history, Sunset Limited is a stunning achievement, confirming Burke's place as one of America's premier stylists as well as master storytellers. "Not since Raymond Chandler has anyone so ...(展开全部)

出版社 / 著者からの内容紹介 スーパーヴィンテージ 「光の海」「羽衣ミシン」が話題を呼び、現在大注目の「坂道アポロン」連載中の著者による、初期短編集第2弾。思春期の一途で不器用な恋心を真摯に描いた表題作、貴重なデビュー作「柘榴」ほか全5編収録。 中学3年生の杏（あん）のあだ名は「アニキ」。成績優秀で、群れるのが苦手な女の子。放課後はいつも、親友のなるちゃんと職員室に遊びに行く。それはある先生に会うためなのだが…!?　初期の瑞々しく眩しい作品ぞろいの短編集第2弾。 ●収録作品／Beautiful Sunset／柘榴／さくらんぼうの宴／満員電車のススメ／ゆびきり

三岛由纪夫（Mishima Youkio 1925-1970），日本小说家、剧作家。本名平冈公威，生于东京。1949年出版长篇小说《假面自白》，文坛地位确立。1970年11月25日写完《丰饶之海》第四卷《天上五衰》后自杀。一生创作40部中长篇小说、20部短篇小说集和18部剧本集。主要著作还有《禁色》、《潮骚》、《近代能乐集》、《金阁寺》和《萨德侯爵夫人》等。

Hercule Poirot is called on to investigate the murder of a brother and sister in this classic from the Queen of Mystery. When Cora Lansquenet is savagely murdered, the odd remark she made the day before at her brother's funeral becomes chillingly important: "It's been hushed up very nicely, hasn't it. ... But he was murdered, wasn't he?" Desperate to learn more about both death...(展开全部)

When Cora is savagely murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother Richard's funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richard's will, Cora was clearly heard to say: 'It's been hushed up very nicely, hasn't itBut he was murdered, wasn't he?' In desperation, the family solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to u...(展开全部)

The economy was booming. People had more money than they knew what to do with. And then the earthquake struck. For the characters in After the Quake, the Kobe earthquake is an echo from a past they buried long ago. Satsuki has spent thirty years hating one man: a lover who destroyed her chances of having children. Did her desire for revenge cause the earthquake? Junpei's estran...(展开全部)

As the world races towards catastrophe, a crowd of Mayfair socialites parties its way to oblivion. At its centre is David, who idles away his sober moments researching a futile book until the beautiful Helen decides to save him, shattering his marriage and learning too late the depth of both David's indolence and his wife's undeclared love. But with finances about to crash and ...(展开全部)